Rubrication, decoration, and illumination were almost always done by hand in the period just following Gutenberg's invention of movable type due to the difficulties of color printing and, possibly, because of political pressure.

True

Explanation:

The printing press started to rise after Johannes Gutenberg invented it in Europe. The printing press helped people to get acquainted with books and writings. Rubrication, decoration and illumination also part books, which only offered for specific clients who could afford such decorations at a high price. Rubrication which reflects the red colour in texts. Chapter headings and capital letters were rubricated in pages. All these works were done in hand, which required an enormous amount of time to finish it. The Printing press not able to do all the decoration because it required specific metal plates and colours.

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